hornpipe · Key of Em

The Cuckoo's Nest

O’Neill 1903 no. 1733

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Cuckoo's Nest"The Cuckoo's NestHornpipe502525252520542450404040405420245452320525253205420240522502002305225202602502500200230525253205420240522Book: O'Neill's 1733Notes:"1st Setting" "collected by F. O'Neill"

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X:1733
T:The Cuckoo's Nest
M:2/4
L:1/16
N:"1st Setting" "collected by F. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 1733
R:Hornpipe
K:Em
   (GA) | BGEG  BGEG  | BAGF E2(FG) | AFDF  AFDF | AGFE D2(EF) |
          GFGE g2(fe) | dBGB d2(cB) | AGFE  DEFA | G2E2 E2    :|
|: (GA) | B2e2  efge  | d2B2 B2(dB) | AB^de faef | d2A2 A2 z2  |
          B2e2  efge  | dBGB d2(cB) | AGFE  DEFA | G2E2 E2    :|
FAQ

Questions about The Cuckoo's Nest

  • The Cuckoo's Nest is in Em, in 2/4 time. The E minor scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 99% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.

  • It is a hornpipe, written in 2/4.

  • Yes. Copy the ABC below into the ABC transposer, move the transpose control by semitone, and the notation and tab are redrawn together in the new key. Handy if a singer wants it lower or the tune sits awkwardly on the neck.

  • Yes. Tenor banjo, mandolin and octave mandola are all tuned GDAE, so the tab above is identical for all three. A bouzouki tuned GDAD needs the top string adjusting, which the converter handles.

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